Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 65 81
Rank change year-on-year -26 +16 -25
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,983 1,940 2,607
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.96% 3.93% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 4.38% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,417 974 1,862
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,563 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.97%
75th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -6.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 74,528 44,262 72,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 89.78% 81.61%
Number of salaries quoted 51,427 25,101 49,118
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 26 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -25 1,739 £75,000 +3.45% 698
UK excluding London -42 1,066 £65,000 -7.14% 373
Work from Home -19 891 £66,740 -4.66% 330
London -18 777 £85,000 +3.03% 414
North of England -40 371 £69,655 -1.89% 120
South East +4 286 £65,000 -7.14% 122
North West -52 200 £75,000 +7.14% 68
South West -39 122 £57,500 -8.00% 37
Midlands -64 101 £66,250 -1.85% 46
North East +24 91 £65,000 +18.18% 24
Yorkshire -25 80 £60,000 -16.66% 28
West Midlands -34 73 £78,750 +12.50% 33
Wales -15 57 £70,000 +34.62% 8
Northern Ireland -19 56 £72,500 +45.00% 10
East of England -26 43 £60,100 -3.84% 13
Scotland -59 32 £60,000 -23.87% 21
East Midlands -64 27 £64,000 +6.67% 13
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 35 (1.77%) Confluence
2 27 (1.36%) Apache Spark
3 16 (0.81%) CMS
3 16 (0.81%) IIS
4 15 (0.76%) Apache
5 11 (0.55%) Camunda
6 9 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.40%) WordPress
8 7 (0.35%) JBoss
8 7 (0.35%) nginx
8 7 (0.35%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.25%) Drupal
11 4 (0.20%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.15%) Kentico
12 3 (0.15%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.15%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (0.55%) MS Visio
2 9 (0.45%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.30%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.10%) Shopify
6 1 (0.050%) Eikon
6 1 (0.050%) RMDS
6 1 (0.050%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,024 (51.64%) AWS
2 855 (43.12%) Azure
3 333 (16.79%) GCP
4 265 (13.36%) Serverless
5 242 (12.20%) GitHub
6 184 (9.28%) SaaS
7 171 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
8 132 (6.66%) AWS Lambda
9 112 (5.65%) Amazon S3
10 110 (5.55%) Amazon EKS
11 102 (5.14%) GitHub Copilot
12 99 (4.99%) AWS CloudFormation
13 91 (4.59%) Azure Service Bus
14 80 (4.03%) Amazon ECS
15 68 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
16 67 (3.38%) Amazon EC2
17 65 (3.28%) Amazon SQS
18 64 (3.23%) Azure AKS
19 51 (2.57%) PaaS
20 49 (2.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.23%) Broadband
2 24 (1.21%) Network Security
3 15 (0.76%) MQTT
4 13 (0.66%) DMARC
5 11 (0.55%) DNS
6 8 (0.40%) AMQP
6 8 (0.40%) Firewall
6 8 (0.40%) Internet
6 8 (0.40%) VPN
7 7 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.30%) DHCP
8 6 (0.30%) HTTP
8 6 (0.30%) RFID
8 6 (0.30%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.20%) LTE
10 3 (0.15%) Modbus
11 1 (0.050%) NAS
11 1 (0.050%) PSTN
11 1 (0.050%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 304 (15.33%) MongoDB
2 224 (11.30%) PostgreSQL
3 201 (10.14%) NoSQL
4 166 (8.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 159 (8.02%) Elasticsearch
6 126 (6.35%) MySQL
7 111 (5.60%) SQL Server
8 91 (4.59%) Relational Database
9 64 (3.23%) Redis
10 52 (2.62%) DynamoDB
11 48 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
12 32 (1.61%) Big Data
13 21 (1.06%) RDBMS
14 17 (0.86%) BigQuery
15 12 (0.61%) Db2
15 12 (0.61%) DTS
15 12 (0.61%) Pinecone
16 11 (0.55%) Data Lake
17 10 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
18 8 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 246 (12.41%) Git
2 186 (9.38%) GitLab
3 162 (8.17%) Jenkins
4 59 (2.98%) JIRA
5 58 (2.92%) JUnit
6 57 (2.87%) TeamCity
7 43 (2.17%) Cucumber
8 34 (1.71%) Cypress.io
8 34 (1.71%) Mockito
9 32 (1.61%) Claude Code
10 26 (1.31%) Maven
11 22 (1.11%) CircleCI
11 22 (1.11%) Selenium
12 20 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 18 (0.91%) SonarQube
14 13 (0.66%) JMeter
14 13 (0.66%) Postman
14 13 (0.66%) Spock
15 12 (0.61%) REST Assured
15 12 (0.61%) Vite
General
1 478 (24.10%) Finance
2 360 (18.15%) Social Skills
3 201 (10.14%) Public Sector
4 168 (8.47%) Banking
5 124 (6.25%) Law
6 123 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 115 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
7 115 (5.80%) Retail
8 73 (3.68%) Legal
9 56 (2.82%) Financial Institution
10 45 (2.27%) Marketing
11 43 (2.17%) Back Office
12 30 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (1.41%) Legal Technology
14 24 (1.21%) Aerospace
15 22 (1.11%) Advertising
16 21 (1.06%) Games
17 19 (0.96%) Telecoms
18 18 (0.91%) Front Office
19 14 (0.71%) Billing
Job Titles
1 749 (37.77%) Developer
2 474 (23.90%) Senior
3 359 (18.10%) Software Engineer
4 308 (15.53%) Lead
5 264 (13.31%) Architect
6 206 (10.39%) .NET Developer
7 176 (8.88%) Senior Developer
8 152 (7.67%) Full-Stack Developer
9 148 (7.46%) Java Developer
10 134 (6.76%) Java Engineer
11 117 (5.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 113 (5.70%) Senior Software Engineer
13 101 (5.09%) Solutions Architect
14 95 (4.79%) Principal Engineer
15 83 (4.19%) Software Developer
16 73 (3.68%) DevOps Engineer
17 72 (3.63%) Lead Developer
18 63 (3.18%) Lead Software Engineer
19 54 (2.72%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
19 54 (2.72%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 539 (27.18%) .NET
2 428 (21.58%) React
3 418 (21.08%) Node.js
4 328 (16.54%) Spring
5 305 (15.38%) Spring Boot
6 288 (14.52%) RESTful
7 264 (13.31%) REST
8 248 (12.51%) Kafka
9 236 (11.90%) ASP.NET
10 215 (10.84%) .NET Core
11 211 (10.64%) AngularJS
12 207 (10.44%) Vue
13 193 (9.73%) ASP.NET Core
14 111 (5.60%) Blazor
15 107 (5.40%) ASP.NET Web API
16 100 (5.04%) .NET Framework
17 95 (4.79%) HTML
18 89 (4.49%) CSS
19 81 (4.08%) gRPC
20 77 (3.88%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 592 (29.85%) Cloud Native
2 349 (17.60%) Distributed Systems
3 135 (6.81%) Product Ownership
4 103 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
5 88 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
6 63 (3.18%) Onboarding
7 56 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
8 48 (2.42%) Video\Live Streaming
9 45 (2.27%) Over-the-Top Content
10 40 (2.02%) AI Agents
11 39 (1.97%) Public Cloud
12 32 (1.61%) Virtual Team
13 30 (1.51%) e-Learning
14 27 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
15 25 (1.26%) Algorithms
15 25 (1.26%) Data Structures
16 24 (1.21%) Distributed Architecture
17 23 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
18 19 (0.96%) Management Information System
18 19 (0.96%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 126 (6.35%) Linux
2 47 (2.37%) Windows
3 21 (1.06%) Unix
4 19 (0.96%) CentOS
4 19 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.35%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.25%) AIX
7 4 (0.20%) Debian
7 4 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.10%) Android
8 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.050%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,042 (52.55%) CI/CD
2 941 (47.45%) Agile
3 711 (35.85%) Software Engineering
4 702 (35.40%) DevOps
5 564 (28.44%) Full-Stack Development
6 464 (23.40%) Mentoring
7 433 (21.84%) Containerisation
8 416 (20.98%) Event-Driven
9 414 (20.88%) AI
10 406 (20.47%) Test Automation
11 395 (19.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 379 (19.11%) Infrastructure as Code
13 360 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
14 279 (14.07%) Scrum
15 263 (13.26%) Technical Leadership
16 260 (13.11%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 244 (12.30%) TDD
18 224 (11.30%) Clean Code
19 216 (10.89%) Coaching
20 214 (10.79%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 648 (32.68%) Java
2 551 (27.79%) C#
3 489 (24.66%) SQL
4 477 (24.05%) Python
5 446 (22.49%) JavaScript
6 365 (18.41%) TypeScript
7 124 (6.25%) Go
8 54 (2.72%) Scala
9 49 (2.47%) Ruby
10 46 (2.32%) C++
11 42 (2.12%) PHP
12 40 (2.02%) Bash
13 27 (1.36%) PowerShell
14 26 (1.31%) Bicep
15 25 (1.26%) Rust
16 22 (1.11%) C
17 16 (0.81%) Kotlin
17 16 (0.81%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.61%) Groovy
19 11 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 263 (13.26%) Security Cleared
2 179 (9.03%) SC Cleared
3 177 (8.93%) Degree
4 83 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 64 (3.23%) AWS Certification
7 40 (2.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 22 (1.11%) CISSP
9 19 (0.96%) Master's Degree
10 18 (0.91%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (0.50%) DBS Check
12 10 (0.50%) PhD
13 9 (0.45%) MBA
14 8 (0.40%) CISM
15 5 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.20%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 4 (0.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (10.19%) QA
2 76 (3.83%) Accessibility
3 40 (2.02%) GDPR
3 40 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (1.61%) WCAG
5 22 (1.11%) SOC 2
6 21 (1.06%) PCI DSS
7 19 (0.96%) NIST
8 16 (0.81%) NCSC
9 15 (0.76%) GRC
10 10 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.40%) Data Quality
11 8 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.25%) PSD2
14 5 (0.25%) SEPA
15 4 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 3 (0.15%) IFRS
System Software
1 575 (29.00%) Docker
2 27 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.25%) NDS
5 4 (0.20%) Firmware
6 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.050%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.050%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.050%) KVM
Systems Management
1 601 (30.31%) Kubernetes
2 350 (17.65%) Terraform
3 111 (5.60%) Ansible
4 97 (4.89%) Grafana
5 61 (3.08%) Prometheus
6 25 (1.26%) Argo
7 18 (0.91%) Puppet
8 17 (0.86%) Kibana
9 14 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
10 13 (0.66%) Cilium
11 8 (0.40%) HP Fortify
12 6 (0.30%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.20%) Packer
13 4 (0.20%) Podman
14 2 (0.10%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.10%) MIIS
14 2 (0.10%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.10%) Rancher
15 1 (0.050%) logstash
15 1 (0.050%) Nagios
Vendors
1 318 (16.04%) Microsoft
2 86 (4.34%) Google
3 65 (3.28%) Oracle
4 45 (2.27%) Typelevel
5 38 (1.92%) OpenAI
6 32 (1.61%) Splunk
7 26 (1.31%) Dynatrace
8 23 (1.16%) IBM
9 21 (1.06%) AppDynamics
10 20 (1.01%) Databricks
11 13 (0.66%) Adobe
11 13 (0.66%) Okta
11 13 (0.66%) OneLogin
11 13 (0.66%) SendGrid
12 12 (0.61%) ForgeRock
12 12 (0.61%) Red Hat
12 12 (0.61%) Salesforce
13 11 (0.55%) SAP
14 10 (0.50%) ServiceNow
15 7 (0.35%) HubSpot